British Motor Industry Heritage Trust - Nick Baldwin Collection
 

Making comparisons

Ford Focus dashboard (Reproduced with kind permission of Ford Motor Company Limited)Morris Minor dashboard (Copyright BMIHT)Look at these images of car dashboards made fifty years apart. What do you notice has stayed the same and what do you think has changed? Think about why these changes have come about. Consider developments in technology, materials, and the needs and expectations of today's drivers.

 

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If you had a go at the quiz, what sort of questions were you asking about the cars to give you clues about how old they might be?

 
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What changes to transport do you think there will be in the future? Look for ‘evidence’ about transport today and see if you can guess what those changes might be.

 

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